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NR 571 is a graduate course required for natural resources master's students, but open to all NC State graduate students. The class attends to a variety of natural resource policy issues - internationally, nationally, and regionally. Readings offer frameworks for thinking about the role of science in guiding environmental policy, the complexity and political strategy of policymaking, and the potential role for novel technologies to contribute to conservation goals. Class sessions are focused around group discussions, and students participate in semester-long group project delving into environmental policy questions on their chosen topic. Taught in fall semesters.

GES 508 provides frameworks for understanding emerging technologies and their social, political, and cultural contexts. Taught through historical case studies, ethnographic accounts, and theoretical perspectives, the course introduces students to ways of thinking about science and technology, nature and culture, and democracy and expertise.  Required for the Genetic Engineering and Society graduate minor, but open to all NC State graduate students and advanced undergraduates (with permission).

STS 403 is the final requirement for the B.A. and B.S. degrees in Science, Technology, and Society (STS). This discussion-based seminar integrates learning from courses and experiences throughout the major and culminates in a capstone research paper that focuses on a scientific or technological case study chosen by each student. Course material includes theoretical readings, case studies related to Delborne's research program, and workshop sessions focused on advance research skills, peer editing, and writing a research paper.

The GES Center colloquium is a weekly seminar series that explores the social, political, scientific, cultural, and ecological intersections of genetic engineering and society. Speakers hail from academia, NGOs, industry, and government.  The event is live streamed, open to the public, and also available for students to take for course credit.  Sign up for the GES Newsletter to receive updates about upcoming colloquium speakers.